Staff Software Engineer, 1upHealth
Foundation Platform
+ Equity
Health data & interoperability solutions
Job no longer available
Health data & interoperability solutions
101-200 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To redefine interoperability and solve healthcare's toughest data challenges.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building highly performant and scalable backend solutions in a modern language (e.g., Typescript, Python, Java, Go, Scala)
- Experience with access control patterns and when to apply each (e.g., RBAC, ABAC)
- Expertise working with both relational and non-relational databases (e.g., Postgres, ElasticSearch, Redis)
- Expert understanding of securely designing and consuming RESTful APIs
- Experience integrating with OAuth2, OIDC, SAML solutions
- Experience working in a modern cloud environment (e.g., AWS)
- Container/Orchestration experience (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes)
- Ability to communicate clearly with stakeholders of technical and non-technical backgrounds
Desirable
- Open Policy Agent experience
- Keycloak Experience
- Experience with data technologies (e.g. Apache Kafka, Apache Spark)
- Front end experience (e.g., React, Vue)
- Previous healthcare technology experience (e.g., FHIR)
- Hands-on experience working in a CI/CD environment
What the job involves
- We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Foundation Platform team
- In this role, you’ll be part of a pivotal team responsible for the platforms, frameworks, and services powering our SaaS-based healthcare data exchange platform
- This team develops and maintains scalable, secure, and high-performance capabilities—ranging from access control systems and API gateways to data lakehouse architectures, data processing, and data access layers—enabling 1upHealth engineers to efficiently build and optimize services, applications and data pipelines
- Define and own technical direction for a core technology domain
- Partner with PM and EM to develop roadmap, provide technical feasibility and estimate efforts for ambiguous requirements
- Design and deliver high impact projects
- Collaborate with members across the organization to improve our products and services
- Advocate for engineering best practices throughout the organization
- Be a mentor and role model for engineers throughout the company to foster an environment of growth and collaboration
Our take
Fast Healthcare Interoperability Resources (FHIR) is a global standard designed to improve how healthcare data is shared electronically. It is being adopted by major organizations across the US, including government bodies, to allow more seamless data exchange. 1upHealth is a health-tech company supporting this transition by helping organizations convert data into FHIR format and allowing secure data sharing and analytics.
Regulatory pressure has played a key role in accelerating FHIR adoption, particularly in the US where providers are required to make certain health data accessible through standardized APIs. This shift creates strong tailwind for companies like 1upHealth, which provides the infrastructure needed to meet these requirements. While the space is becoming more active, there remains significant opportunity for platforms that simplify adoption and unlock the value of interoperable data.
The market for healthcare interoperability is still evolving, and 1upHealth is positioned to grow alongside it. Founded in 2017, the company has gained recognition for its progress, including being named among the fastest-growing technology companies in North America by Deloitte. As demand for connected, data-driven healthcare continues to rise, it remains a company to watch in this developing space.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
35% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Apr 2023
$40m
SERIES C
Apr 2021
$25m
SERIES B
Total funding: $76.1m
Company benefits
- Remote first culture: work from anywhere in the US, our Boston headquarters, or a combination of both.
- Flexible PTO: Take what you need PTO policy.
- Medical, dental & vision: 100% of employee premiums paid by 1upHealth.
- Paid leave: All parents receive 6 weeks of fully paid parental leave. Birthing parents receive an additional 10 weeks of fully paid leave, plus 4 weeks of phased return-to-work support.
- Wellness benefit: Get reimbursed for up to $1,400 annually for expenses that contribute to your total wellbeing
- Lifestyle spending account: Get reimbursed up to $1,500 annually for expenses that contribute to your total wellbeing.
- Anniversary bonus: At your 2 year anniversary receive $2,000, at your 5 year anniversary $5,000 towards a vacation of your choice.
- Home office stipend: $400 to all new employees to elevate your home office.
Company HQ
Fenway–Kenmore, Boston, MA
Leadership
Andrew Boyd
(CEO)Joined 1upHealth in 2024 as CEO. Prior, they were the EVP and General Manager of Personify Health, the EVp of Strategy and Corporate Development at Virgin Pulse, and the Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer at Dimensional Insight.
Nolan Kelly
(CCO/CRO)Initially joined 1upHealth in 2020 as VP of Sales before becoming CCO/CRO in 2022. Prior to this, they were a Senior Director of Health Systems and Advisory Board Member at PatientPing, VP of Business Development at Linkwell health, and Director of Diversified business Development at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts.
Mark Wolf
(CFO)Mark joined 1upHealth in 2020 as CFO. Alongside this they are the CFO Advisor at Snorkel AI and Percepto, as well as the CFO at IdeaScale. Previously, they were the CFO Advisor at Courier, Ironclad, and Mux.
Donald Rucker
(CSO)Joined 1upHalth in 2021 as CSO. They have also served as an Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine at Ohio State University since 2013. Previously, they were the National Coordinator at the Office of the National Coordinator for Health information Technology. They were also CMO at Premise Health and Vice President and CMO at Siemens Healthcare USA.
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